| Show i S l I Til g I MAST IMS 4 New York papers papera ore still devoting I i space to tt the Mormon i ganda anda In that city n Ol as though thought It was I something now under umer the sun nun They Thoy Tho h up over the tho conver slon of two Prominent Christian Ch Nn deavor ladles lI who by b thin tho way WO are arc not 1101 yet yot ot baptized members of or the Church Hut flut the NeW Nesy York Turk Herald gives Ios an ex cx extended exten tended ten w account of or the tho baptism of or i other oth f ladles la lo In h n the HII bay ba nt ut the th foot of I Chapel Chapal avenue a e n a very vel pleasant pleasent nl spot ot which It II thus thu describes It are the dancing savo of New Ne York bay lay I behind It the this grassy IY of ot the Ui lh Hay i View Vl w cemetery just Jutt now nu blooming gor RorI gorI I t I with the pink and white luve love luvel l 3 linin 8 of or of ot June rose ro el The Thet 1 herald Uerah gives a very vel fair of ot the tile thet t t j 1 ceremony and ond tho the testimony of the HI Il 4 I der and of ot o the newly baptized rosIn mem rosInE E LI II ber bert 1 t The Thi Nill York World WorM devotes some lomo lomot t ti to the World Crusade Cru lIde by b De Defiant D Di j jt i t gent fiant In which It quote re remarks marks It n F P i In Ami nd by b Miss I I In A ty side H their conviction i thorn tion tl n of ot th the truth of or Mann nl m The j g td in tn n that Ia ton tonof or I of or church last fall tall c t to oll the lice of ot the ilor 1 i raDII inon in III r rs e i l mft u l w WI Is fi br to b heir bear ir up ull n th fi owners owners of ot to hOVe have ha the 1 t t exclude and police were ere asked to 10 i If 4 t top Stop the tM teet tr t mottling In spite of ot 1 t 4 th e however the tite MInk of or orI I j tin th lb h ae ve up III rapidly until nUI f tb tbt Mormon ormon congregation In Ini i I I I rr number hundred I persons pemon LL J TH J e w York Mail lasi such and hag hu r this editorial iI I A part of at the lb Bronx Is I till n i stirred up tip over or tome some conversations made b Mormon One I t f the be 1 lb women who have h t accepted the I doctrine of oC o Joseph Joserh Smith h ai as a crystal j tad lad teil into a system alem by IJ InrI Smiths death di ath tics has f j made aade a ot of hir h r faith ralth which bleb re I r J reals Ml Mil th tha i peculiar of at the Mor tor 1 t church tm end th Ih the i I shin nl which It U ta al Io to ta mak In such uch II g It li Ii I safe sate t sa say a that hut nt at I tenth i of ot th rt Is maths made t i I ii b the Mormon hormon ian s are ire ob oh J through the Ui th ais ulon of ut I their l f I of ot 1 or latter laUr I day ay Jh In Ir the th Bible Dible f of or a I certain temperament and of ot a i I talc tain simplicity of ot view vl sak luk I why by God Jo dOt not talk lalk men ai as be he did In IA all the ible i I HUMS 11 sod and show bow them signs anti and I 2 w 4 The Church for tor I no whatever It Is I too Ip l J responds that Its It foud II tion tic MOD Ito It Is I revelation Not I t ij om to tl Ir faith did the U l k to 10 tb tbt Joaeph Jorth i n but WI he be still speaks to 10 SPew in hue hll il nice house houw ho at al Salt I Iske tit I with all II the modern Improve 1 t juiet at a 1 he lie pot to M e on I Mount I A As 1 coon J ax 85 n th seker p ker kr J I after tIr soW and won wonders lr ha hu hait bern been piled with 1111 the to i St prove JIron tIlts I continuous r V l h III or Ir nhe sh h Is pretty w well ell l prepared for tor the r of or the th other Mormon formon doctrines dix trines I That Thal certain ot of I t k mentioned In the foregoing toft by b which h h i mine bel Intra In th the Bible are prompt t 00 1 to 11 why rhy wh God do does not talk with rIth lh mm me as he ht did to III all an the times Is thoroughly logical In U Its Ite dm elm And Arid the Is ill rot not nn an 11 than by b a jeer or a ap p sneer ilm lH orthodox notion that the the place of or direct reve revo revelation lation latton suited to the time lime and GIld people to whom It IS la Is ft ii very ery poor ioor make mako shirt for tor A I 1 reply has Hati flod Is lie unable to manifest In those latter days daft us RII In former ormer times Is the dead letter of ot old oh Scriptures about aboul tho the meaning of which Its Ile In Iii Interpreters quarrel nod divide tho the pro ro teased believers In It Into hundreds qt Q sects sect to be rett with living divinely Inspired and ani clothed with divine authority It IB Is I 1 rUe iUd ue that when people become that Clod Go Is U this the same yoa U 0 today antI Ami forever and are wIlling to 10 they are arc pretty Plot ty well prepared for the reception of other othel Mormon do Of ot course It Ir there la Is I no HO belief hellet In the doctrine of ot revelation there can cnn be lIe no faith In Iii n It system founded upon It lint Hut It does not nol follow If It the thc principle of at divine revelation be he true that In Is of divine origin It must muni mu be bt shown that heel God has hall actual actually ly Iy It tI and anti that It IH i consonant with Ills and with known truths In iii order tj ti J Hah lIeh Ifs It In hr the minds of 01 rational r ren urn en The tenacity with which the devotees of this I tm cling to It II In spite of nil all and persecution mid ridi nIJi ridicule cule ettie Is by tl the personal wit witness witness ness they the receive recI from above that t 11 It la is lathe the tho work worle of ot Clod aliI They hey sire oo tills title girt Klet on nn to UN ItH lInt first prin principles civics anti and the la Is u it 1 testimony that la is like Illio Ire fht In bon and that overwhelms them thorn with Its Ite Unlit light and power POl baptizing them with the tho Spirit and them with the thi satisfaction that oom H of or unshaken conviction The Th WIlY why wh should not nul the Lord to 10 a n living prophet today ag os He lie H la Is holla 1 veil to hn hove hoo vo spoken to o I prophets long Inco dead deth remains r tin On answered by b modern Christendom And ind fIll the lIe testimony of or If many mony thousands who any they know that ho Ill tines stands tin un Impeached as a matter of or fact tol und and tin on assailed a If as n a question of logic and of ot 8 n a It Is on an Impregnable on both hoth rational rn antI ond theolog theological cal up I grounds ground grom 1 s The converts In New Nell York obtain this witness on high In common With nl nil persons who hio In the tho sincerity of or their souls arid and the obedience of their hearts accept the truth lruth newly revealed train from heaven The Tho dead forms orals olms and dry teachings of effete and de ne decayed ennd cn ll Christendom may well shako shake their dry bones bonea at al the thc approach of at the ther restored r living Church of or the He ne But Dut they show very ory little die less le f Christian character In their Intemperate and Impotent at nt attacks tacks on tIle the Elders who WilD without pay preach the tho pure gospel ospel of ot peace pence find and the consistent and sincere Incero people who accept the truth lruth In honest hottest hearts anti have ns Os much tOuch right to embrace Mor as nn of the conflicting creeds that distract mankind It Is evident that there thero are nrc some of or orth the th sheep of ot Israel In Greater New NewYork N NewYork w York or there thero would not nit be so much of ofa n ft howling among the wolves Let Tet the tho In that mission take henrt heart and be encouraged In their labors Let thel l continue to sow tho the good seed neglectIng no opportunity and In III duo thue season they the shall haH reap If Ir they the taint faint not The opposition Is 11 a n sign which the tho tso be will understand and antl vo we may ilia expect glad gilld of or the spread of tire the work vork In the Eastern States Mis MIssion ls slon sion |
